Driving the Digital Transformation
of the Irish Sector
Vision for an International Centre of
Connected Construction – A Knowledge
Sharing Opportunity for Ireland’s
Construction Industry
David Greenwood Northumbria University, BIM Academy
Content
• The Road Map (1)
• BIM in the UK: 2011-2016
• Our response: a two-way collaboration
• BIM beyond ‘the Wedge’
– Industry 4.0
– Construction 4.0?
• The International Centre for Connected Construction (IC3)
• Knowledge-sharing opportunity?
• The Road Map (2)
The Roadmap (1)
BIM in the UK: 2011-2016
The Government … will “require
collaborative 3D BIM (with all
project and asset information,
documentation and data being
electronic) on its projects by 2016.”
• People
• Firms
• Projects
Consultancy
Our response: a two-way collaboration
BIM Academy founded in 2010
Northumbria University
+ Ryder Architecture
Based in Newcastle
Activities
Research Training Education
‘Spin-out’ Co. formed in 2013 Active in: UK, EU, MENA, Far East,
Australasia,
‘Virtual Project’
Training
BIM Academy – Activities
UK Government
Digital Plan of Work InnovateUK
Projects Durham
Cathedral
Sydney Opera House
Consultancy Research Training Education
‘Open BIM’ 4D, 5D, 6D, & 7D BIM
BIM meets IoT
BIM4 Infrastructure BIM and Smart Cities
BIM and ‘Big Data’
3D Printing
Robotics and AI
BIM4Manufacture
Data Security
BIM beyond ‘the Wedge’
(adapted from Bew & Richards)
?
Level 2 BIM
?
Commissioner
US Office of Patents,
in 1899
‘Industry 4.0’
1st Industrial Revolution
•Machines, driven by •Water & Steam Power
2nd Industrial Revolution
•Electricity •Mass-production
3rd Industrial Revolution
•Computers •Automation •Robotics (1.0)
4th Industrial Revolution
•Cyber-physical systems •Cloud computing • ‘Big Data’ •Semantic Web (I.o.T.) •Artificial Intelligence
‘Industry 4.0’ to ‘Construction 4.0’
Yes there is / there will be
BIM and ‘Big Data’
• ‘Big Data’ refers to
• “... a massive volume of both structured and unstructured data that is so large that it is difficult to process using traditional database and software techniques.”
• 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years
• This doubles every 18 months
• By 2020 this is estimated to amount to 40 Zettabytes (1021 bytes)
Knowledge
Information
Data
Knowledge is the collection and storage of information in a way that makes for its useful application
Information is data that have been collated, analysed and formed in a way that can be beneficially exchanged between users
Data are observations taken in a particular way – deliberately, accidentally, or automatically - by humans or machines (including, increasingly, sensors)
N.B.1 Not
to scale! BIMs offer fixed fields in which data can be structured
‘Construction 4.0’
Integrated and collaborative BIM
Laser scanning
Digital manufacture (CNC)
3D Printing (Contour Crafting)
Robotics and drones
Sensor technologies (IoT)
Machine Learning (AI)
‘Big Data’ analytics
Our response: a three-way
collaboration
International Centre for Connected
Construction (IC3)*
International
Industry
&
Practice
Collaborative
Construction
(AECO) Connected
Smart Technology
Skills growth and education
Public Engagement
Economic
Impact
Academia
&
Research
* Coming soon?
The Roadmap (2)
Summary
• The Road Map (1)
• BIM in the UK: 2011-2016
• Our response: a two-way collaboration
• BIM beyond ‘the Wedge’
– Industry 4.0
– Construction 4.0?
• The International Centre for Connected Construction (IC3)
• Knowledge-sharing opportunity?
• The Road Map (2)
